Best PlacesCrescent, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crescent, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crescent ranks 12,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crescent
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Crescent's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crescent ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Crescent ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crescent
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crescent home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,650, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Crescent's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crescent
Crescent runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crescent.
Who works in Crescent, and how
Work in Crescent centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Crescent
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crescent.
What the weather is like in Crescent, month by month
Crescent sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Crescent
The nearest airport, Pullman/Moscow Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crescent
Schools across Crescent average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Juliaetta Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Bovill Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Cavendish-teakean Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Orofino High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Kendrick Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Potlatch Jr/sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crescent school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crescent measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Crescent against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crescent
Is Crescent a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crescent ranks 12,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and quiet, and lowest on biking and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crescent expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,681. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $69,650 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Crescent safe?
Yes, Crescent is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Crescent with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crescent. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crescent represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Crescent detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crescent: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crescent: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crescent: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crescent: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crescent detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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